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Auction No 372, Category: Military

8 Lots (displaying 1 - 8)

Benjamin Robins "New Principles of Gunnery: containing The Determination of the Force of Gun-Powder

Lot: 22

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £54
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Benjamin Robins New Principles of Gunnery: containing The Determination of the Force of Gun-Powder , and An Investigation of the Difference in the Resisting Power of the Air to Swift and Slow Motions. J. Nourse, London, 1742, 1st Edition; octavo, disbound, remains of leather backstrip; lvii,95pp. Folding Plate. Rear endpaper heavily creased o/w fine. 

A collection of letters (44) and ephemera, 1880s/1890s concerning Lieut. Sidney Veale Byland on military service in India

Lot: 51

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £185
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A collection of letters (44) and ephemera, 1880s/1890s concerning Lieut. Sidney Veale Byland on military service in India, and his father, with both personal and military content, plus 1872 auction catalogue, a sketch book and Christmas card. VG/VF

"Jane's Fighting Ships 1942" and "1943-4", Sampson Low, original gilt cloth, VG; former with ownership label front endpaper,

Lot: 54

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £22
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Jane's Fighting Ships 1942 and 1943-4, Sampson Low, original gilt cloth, VG; former with ownership label front endpaper, latter with front inner hinge weak; fine internally. (2)

Yefim Gordon "Soviet / Russian Aircraft Weapons", 2004, and "German Aircraft in the Soviet Union and Russia"

Lot: 55

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £28
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Yefim Gordon Soviet / Russian Aircraft Weapons, 2004, and German Aircraft in the Soviet Union and Russia, 2008; Radu Brinzan Vanator: Romanian Hunter, 2014; Gunston The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1875-1995, 1995; and related titles, all h/bk, mostly in d/jkts. VG/VF (6)

                                    

Buchner "Stormbird: Flying Through Fire as a Luftwaffe Ground-attack Pilot and ME 262 Ace", 2000

Lot: 56

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £26
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Buchner Stormbird: Flying Through Fire as a Luftwaffe Ground-attack Pilot and ME 262 Ace, 2000, and other military aviation history titles, all in fine d/jkts. (8)

20th Century Naval History, both British and German, large- format h/bks in d/jkt, plus one s/bk

Lot: 57

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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20th Century Naval History, both British and German, large-format h/bks in d/jkt, plus one s/bk. VG/VF (17)

 

Francis Grose "Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army from the Conquest to the Present Time"

Lot: 64

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £100
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Francis Grose Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army from the Conquest to the Present Time, T. Egerton, 1801, New Edition (enlarged) including the supplement on armour and weapons; tall quarto, full leather, gilt, worn, very weak hinges, requiring restoration; 142 plates including frontispieces and plans, plus engraved titles; some spotting to the plates, mostly of a minor nature and affecting the occasional margin, the frontispieces and title pages most noticeably affected; clean text throughout.

                                                                                                

Edward Gibbon "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire", Methuen, 1896-1900, 7 vols

Lot: 66

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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Edward Gibbon The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Methuen, 1896-1900, 7 vols, edited by J. B. Bury; original gilt cloth, folding maps, VG set. (7)